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McLaren to confirm drivers by end of year

McLaren to confirm drivers by end of year

11 September 2006

McLaren will confirm its driver line up for next season before the end of the year, the team said on Sunday evening after Kimi Raikkonen confirmed he is moving to Ferrari.

"I have enjoyed working with Kimi over the past five seasons and as a team we have achieved a lot of success," McLaren boss Ron Dennis said. "He is a very special driver and obviously everybody at McLaren wishes him all the best in his future career. Looking forward we remain confident that our 2007 line-up will be a strong and exciting one."

McLaren will test newly crowned GP2 champion Lewis Hamilton before the Chinese Grand Prix as the process of evaluating whether he is ready to jump into F1 begins.

McLaren has already confirmed Fernando Alonso for next season.



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